Shiroi Tora
Well-Known Member
The problem isn't with people wanting to be right....All should wish to be.
That isn't the problem most people have...most merely wish to go along to get along. They pick PC over substance. They think that everyone has a RIGHT to their opinion. NO...no one has the RIGHT to be wrong. Correct Premise...Correct reasoning...Correct conclusion derived directly from that reasoning...These are what matter.
Being able to correctly see what the problem is....Being able to find the most efficient, and so, effective means of correction....Being able to apply the correction at the highest sustainable rate to ensure the highest rate of change...These are what matter.
Most people cannot admit when they are wrong, because of THEIR egos. The old standby is, "Everyone has a right to their opinion", as if that were an automatic pass to never have to change.
People think that getting along and not pissing people off is somehow admirable....That is group think borne of cowardice. It is more than counter productive - it is an attempt to shut out reason, to censure through societal pressures, in order to gain political power in the group. The real danger then becomes the application of any number of fallacies of logic to stir and manipulate the masses to try to win by majority (another fallacy).
That is why we are not a democracy..no matter how often the media try to impress that as a fact. We are a Federalist Republic - a representative government. One that can react far more quickly and is not supposed to make decisions by how the people feel, but through Objective Reasoning...Seeing and applying appropriate goals that do the most good for the whole for the long term...buffered by correct morals (not necessarily religious ones). People do stupid actions because of stupid ideas, as if opinions carry any validity in of itself. If any opinion is as valid as the next....there is no such thing as right or wrong....and anything goes. That is the definition of willful stupidity.
I feel passionately about this because my wife frequently tries to weasel out of arguments by saying I always have to be right....What else is there? Forgo facts for opinion?
It is every thinking person's sacred duty to ensure right prevails. That is how wrong is corrected. That is how progress is to be made. That is how justice prevails. That is how evil loses to goodness. Knowing the difference between right and wrong is THE basis for all morals...that which apply to all, and for the long term over the short. Anything else is pure stupidity...and no..that is not my opinion. B)
That isn't the problem most people have...most merely wish to go along to get along. They pick PC over substance. They think that everyone has a RIGHT to their opinion. NO...no one has the RIGHT to be wrong. Correct Premise...Correct reasoning...Correct conclusion derived directly from that reasoning...These are what matter.
Being able to correctly see what the problem is....Being able to find the most efficient, and so, effective means of correction....Being able to apply the correction at the highest sustainable rate to ensure the highest rate of change...These are what matter.
Most people cannot admit when they are wrong, because of THEIR egos. The old standby is, "Everyone has a right to their opinion", as if that were an automatic pass to never have to change.
People think that getting along and not pissing people off is somehow admirable....That is group think borne of cowardice. It is more than counter productive - it is an attempt to shut out reason, to censure through societal pressures, in order to gain political power in the group. The real danger then becomes the application of any number of fallacies of logic to stir and manipulate the masses to try to win by majority (another fallacy).
That is why we are not a democracy..no matter how often the media try to impress that as a fact. We are a Federalist Republic - a representative government. One that can react far more quickly and is not supposed to make decisions by how the people feel, but through Objective Reasoning...Seeing and applying appropriate goals that do the most good for the whole for the long term...buffered by correct morals (not necessarily religious ones). People do stupid actions because of stupid ideas, as if opinions carry any validity in of itself. If any opinion is as valid as the next....there is no such thing as right or wrong....and anything goes. That is the definition of willful stupidity.
I feel passionately about this because my wife frequently tries to weasel out of arguments by saying I always have to be right....What else is there? Forgo facts for opinion?
It is every thinking person's sacred duty to ensure right prevails. That is how wrong is corrected. That is how progress is to be made. That is how justice prevails. That is how evil loses to goodness. Knowing the difference between right and wrong is THE basis for all morals...that which apply to all, and for the long term over the short. Anything else is pure stupidity...and no..that is not my opinion. B)
....etc. other than right...objectively...is stupid. Please read the blog at my signature...you have terribly misjudged me. Of course...I merely could have done a terrible job presenting myself...either way...once you read the blog...you will come away with only one conclusion....I AM a terribly egotistical person! 
